69.13 Vacancies — senator in Congress and elective state officers.
1. If a vacancy occurs in the office of senator in the Congress of the United States, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, secretary of agriculture, or attorney general eighty-nine or more days before a general election, and the unexpired term in which the vacancy exists has more than seventy days to run after the date of that general election, the vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term at that general election and the person elected to fill the vacancy shall assume office as soon as a certificate of election has been issued and the person has qualified.
2. If the unexpired term of office in which the vacancy occurs will expire within seventy days after the date of the next pending election, section 69.11 applies.
[C77, 79, 81, §69.13]
89 Acts, ch 136, §62; 91 Acts, ch 129, §21; 92 Acts, ch 1067, §1; 97 Acts, ch 170, §79; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Referred to in §43.6, 43.77, 69.8
Structure Iowa Code
Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
Chapter 69 - VACANCIES — REMOVAL — TERMS
Section 69.2 - What constitutes vacancy — hearing — appeal.
Section 69.3 - Possession of office.
Section 69.5 - Vacancy in general assembly.
Section 69.6 - Vacancy in state boards.
Section 69.7 - Duty of officer receiving resignation.
Section 69.8 - Vacancies — how filled.
Section 69.9 - Person removed not eligible.
Section 69.11 - Tenure of vacancy appointee.
Section 69.12 - Officers elected to fill vacancies — tenure.
Section 69.13 - Vacancies — senator in Congress and elective state officers.
Section 69.14 - Special election to fill vacancies.
Section 69.14A - Filling vacancy of elected county officer.
Section 69.15 - Board members — nonattendance — vacancy.
Section 69.16 - Appointive boards — political affiliation.
Section 69.16A - Gender balance.
Section 69.16C - Minority representation.
Section 69.16D - Boards and commissions — criteria for establishing.
Section 69.16E - Young adult representation.
Section 69.17 - Employees as members — voting.
Section 69.18 - Salary of acting appointees.
Section 69.19 - Terms of appointments confirmed by the senate.